The tulip
garden at Gachsar
From left to
right: Farhod, Kayvan, Manouch (the director of the Sharhnaz Village
Coop), & Pouran
Shahrestanak
This beautiful sleepy village is located
at Km 50 of Chaloos Road. It is inhabited by 680 people, 327 of which
are women. The village also contains a palace built in the early
1900''s as a summer palace for one of the Qajar kings.
Kalvan
is located at Km 35 of Chaloos Road. It
contains beautiful gardens and a shrine for Imamzadeh Ibrahim, whose
exact lineage and dates are unknown.
Gachsar
is located at Km 68 of Chaloos Road. The
village contains a palace built by Reza Shah during the construction of
Kandevan tunnel in the 1930's which currently serves a hotel.
Nessa
is located at Km 52 of Chaloos Road. The
village contains the remains of a fort dating back to Saljuq period.
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Leilestan is located at Km 35 of Chaloos Road and possesses
beautiful natural scenery.
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Dizin and Gajereh
possess great ski slopes during the
winter months where skiers can enjoy the rare combination of good snow
and a moderate climate on most days.
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Meydanak
is a tiny village located at Km
53 of Chaloos Road which contains a mausoleum dating back to the Mongol
period some 700 years ago.
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